Team members:
- Kevin Chang
- Andrew Jenkins
- Julie Lam
- Jason Smith
The project will be a soda jerk. This will perform the functions of serving sodas and other assorted beverages to people.
Use Cases:
- Push location button, it will come to you, you will order a drink in the style of a vending machine, it will dispense the drink and move on to the next person.
Interface:
- Location buttons on a predetermined track that the robot will follow
- Keypad on front of robot
- LCD display to display drink options
- Dispenser with a cup that drops down a chute
Functions: ( In order of importance)
- Dispensing drinks
- Ordering drink- LCD display and keypad
- Moving
- Dropping cups
- Ice chamber
- Drink ratios
- Drink level monitor
- Smoothies
- Mixed drinks
- Voice recognition
Physical appearance:
- Large square wood body
- Tread for feet to move around
- It looks like a person
- Hole for dispensing the drink on body
- Keypad and display on body
Performance Limitations:
- Predefined path
- No arm use
- No head use
- Limited precision on drinks
- Limited drink possibilities
Feasibility:
- We are willing to give up some goals in order to make the most important functions work.